Cheney, the Dog Died

Cheney had a better life than she would of had. We got her from a Mexican family in Salinas, California. We took her home when she was just a couple weeks old. She made friends in our family very quickly. She, lived in two of our houses. When she was six and a half she got hypothyroid but we didn't discover that until a year later. The vet put her on medication, so, we did that for a couple of weeks until she got skinny again. We stopped the medication but, she kept getting skinnier and skinnier. Then she didn't eat or drink, so, we had to force feed her. We did that for a couple of months. Then, she started going to the bathroom in the house, so, we put her in the bathroom. Then, it just got to the point that we couldn't take it any longer, so, we took her to the vet and put her to sleep. She lived 8 1/2 years and she died July 27 2010 at 1:30 PM.

My friend Chuck, who is a writer said this "I loved that dog. However, she had a great family, a great big yard, got to run around up at the ranch, an all you can eat chicken poop buffet, and the unconditional, indeed, some say unnatural, love of Chuck. It was a dog's life, and one to be envied. If one believes in these things, she's gone to where all the good dogs go."